All the best stories in the world are but one story in reality - the story of escape. It is the only thing which interests us all and at all times, how to escape.
I find myself evil. I believe in the devil as much as God. You can use either one to get things done.
One of the things that bothers me most is the growing belief in the country that security is more important than freedom. It ain't.
You have to risk failure to succeed. The important thing is not to make one single mistake that will jeopardize the future.
'Family Guy' has this weird thing of attracting people. People either hate it or can't get enough of it. There's really no one in between.
Show business is one of those things that people can use to get themselves out of the lower rung of society.
One of the fantastic things about books, fiction or non-fiction, is the way they give you a chance to look into different lives.
One thing we do know about the threat of climate change is that the cost of adjustment only grows the longer it's left unaddressed.
The very powerful and the very stupid have one thing in common. Instead of changing their views to fit the facts, they try to change the facts to fit their views.
Vetting and verifying information is one thing. Having our government sending out conflicting messages to the American people when conflict can be avoided is another.
It's one thing to sit at home and write a piece with your guitar, and quite another to have it performed by four people. For me, it's always trial and error.
There are only two things we should fight for. One is the defense of our homes and the other is the Bill of Rights.
That's one of the things I hope that the book can do, is to restore some dignity to Joe Cinque.
Life is a wonderful thing to talk about, or to read about in history books - but it is terrible when one has to live it.
One of the first things a British visitor to Southern California discovers is that he must have a car. Freeways. Bad public transport. I took driving lessons.
If you make every game a life and death proposition, you're going to have problems. For one thing, you'll be dead a lot.
On the plus side, death is one of the few things that can be done as easily lying down .
Dating is just awkward moments and one person wants more than the other. It's just that constant strangeness. I think it's a very real thing.
One thing is for sure: most of the people admitting candidates to universities for technical subjects are pretty dissatisfied with the level of math education.
Concerning culture as a process, one would say that it means learning a great many things and then forgetting them; and the forgetting is as necessary as the learning.
Great artists are the ones who have put their entire selves out there to be adored, humiliated, to be picked at, cherished, all of those things, and haven't shied away from that.
